Oliver Cooke

Hello. I am a Curator of Horology @britishmuseum⌚️🕰️

[Oliver Cooke @HorOligy]

@TobiasBirch Hi Toby. They certainly preceded carriage clocks ie as small, decorative travelling clocks. Carriage clocks might be considered to be a step up, e.g. they could have finer work and more complications. I don't know what the earliest one is, but these humpbacks are amongst them.

[Oliver Cooke @HorOligy]

... Just behind Quai de l'Horloge is Notre-Dame de Paris. Amongst Breguet's MANY horological innovations was the carriage clock in the early 19th century, the first type is widely known (in English) as the "humpback" carriage clock. Just saying. https://t.co/Lp5r4sGz7P

[Oliver Cooke @HorOligy]

Horological hotspot: Quai de l'Horloge in Paris, where Abraham-Louis Breguet established his workshop in the late 18th century. Yes, a clockie in Clock Quay. Sorry about that, but I CAN do worse...

[Oliver Cooke @HorOligy]

#OTD 325 years ago, John Harrison was born. He had several innovations (some still in use) enabling clocks to keep precise time at sea and thus #longitude to be found, which is vital for navigation. See the @britishmuseum and @googlearts collaboration: https://t.co/RKBc7NRj8C.

[Oliver Cooke @HorOligy]

@new_hero71 Always.

[Sarah Vowles @SarahVowlesBM]

Cross-departmental expertise helps bring things to life! @HorOligy recreates a nocturnal/sundial shown in #BusinessOfPrints @britishmuseum

[Oliver Cooke @HorOligy]

@SarahVowlesBM @MuseeduTemps I found your message, thanks! I'll put it on my list of places to visit.
Looks like they have many of the local Morbiere(comtoise) clocks.

[Oliver Cooke @HorOligy]

Finally got the time machine working... #loxwoodjoust

[Oliver Cooke @HorOligy]

Ghost clock at l'eglise Saint-Nicolas de Beaumont-le-Roger, Normandie.

[MuseumMileLDN @MuseumMileLDN]

2,000BC @britishmuseum model showing the baking process was added to a king’s tomb giving bread for eternity #FoodMW https://t.co/6JIVxZahQt

[Oliver Cooke @HorOligy]

Wheel crossings ½mm thick in a clock that goes for 1 year on 1 wind. Pure showboating from one of France’s finest. https://t.co/okS6PJSKvD

[Oliver Cooke @HorOligy]

Here is a new @britishmuseum blog post - https://t.co/j3nDUDyAlW - all about the night clock that was the star of the #curatorscorner film.

[Oliver Cooke @HorOligy]

Hmm... Lovely long-case clocks being used as wall clocks in the entrance to a bar @flightclubdarts! Maybe I should pop-in for some research.

[Julia Farley @julia_farley]

More pics of Rob Hurford's replica chariot in action. Based on find from woman's grave in Wetwang, East Yorkshire, c.200BC #London #commute

[Oliver Cooke @HorOligy]

Here is a little film about a lovely c.1675 longcase night clock by Edward East of London at the #britishmuseum. https://t.co/dBnFQce2Hr